Master Blaster

Writer / Translator

Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Canada’s Steven Le Blanc and Japan’s Masami M, a pair who in addition to writing work are in English education and created the StudyNow app for Japanese students of English.

Together they have written somewhere around 1,500 articles for RocketNews24 covering such diverse topics as Chinese men selling sanitary napkins to each other and a Japanese guy dragging an ear of corn around the Tokyo train system. A few of these were actually good, but don’t take our word for it! Here’s what our beloved readers had to say:

“One isn't always in the mood for bold tastes. But when I'm in the mood for bold flavor I turn to you.”
“Stupid article. Who cares what the Japanese think it's cool. You don't call a monkey, "gorilla".”
“You know, this is about the most cogent explanation of how a turbocharger works that I have ever seen in the non-motorsports world.”
“Thanks for the article peter!”
“It's people like you who make exploitation possible.”
“It looks yummy and the story was great. Thank you for the smile.”

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Consumer Reports: Do these workout shirts really show too much nipple?

We search for the truth behind the alleged excessive nipple exposure of tank tops sold by Arkkil.

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Man in Fukuoka arrested for shoplifting a 49-inch TV weighing 12 kilos

A 27-inch would have been way easier, but he just got greedy.

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X Japan’s Yoshiki apologizes for having dinner with Jackie Chan

For a drummer, he really doesn’t have the best timing in the world.

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Tokyo’s Haneda Airport comes out with handy “Walking Curry” for those on the go

Combines the savory satisfaction of a curry dish with the convenience of a cup of coffee.

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Tokyo apologizes for accidentally promoting child abuse

Mascot’s assigned task of “Child Abuse Promotion” went unnoticed for months.

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Major retailer in Japan announces it will be “cumming soon”

TMI, Aeon…TMI.

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Optical illusion makes Japanese mascot move before our eyes without actually moving a pixel

Peopo-kun’s here to remind us how tragically naive our brains are.

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Japanese Disney fanatic impresses Will Smith with just one interview question

When you wish upon a movie star….

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Meatless Vegetable Burgers on sale at select Freshness Burgers in Japan【Taste test】

They really push the limits of what you would call a “burger”, but we try one anyway.

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Kumamoto mascot Kumamon’s chance of being Olympic torch runner in jeopardy

Organizing committee seems to have a problem with a huge clumsy bear running around with an open flame.

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Otter mascot character Shinjo-kun kicks butt at Street Fighter tournament in full costume【Video】

Bubble-headed mammal quickly becoming the darling of Japanese pro-gaming.

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Source of that weird sound Gundam Newtypes make found by Twitter user

The infamous sound effect used by Gundam and many other movies, songs, and anime is this humble instrument.

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Mr. Sato tries to buy a Rolex for his mid-life celebration, crisis occurs

An attempt at a new watch for a new chapter in the life of our star reporter.

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Yamanashi man arrested for making fake money and tricking people into picking it up

Chalk up another victory for the fun police.

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New bar catering to Pokémon GO players who want to make friends opens in Tokyo

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your trainer name ♫

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Man pulled over in Japan for drunk driving claims his body “produces alcohol”

A convenient excuse or an inconvenient truth?

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Tokyo announces new heat prevention measure for 2020 Olympics: umbrella hats!

It’s hard to tell whether making people look like mercenary swordsmen of feudal Japan was intentional or not.

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Japanese man assaults wife after learning she trolled his YouTube videos for six months

Husband admits to charges and throws self on the mercy of the court.

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What do Japanese kids spend their allowance on? Survey finds out

Surprisingly, prunes and nicotine patches didn’t crack the top 10.

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Over 20 percent of Burger Kings in Japan suddenly vanishing this month

Find out which locations survived the snap.

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